diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b1832f..16a47df 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -169,13 +169,7 @@ IF(WIN32)
     SET(DEF_EXCLUDE_ASIO_SYMBOLS ";")
   ENDIF()
 
-  # Try to find DirectX SDK
-  FIND_PACKAGE(DXSDK)
-  IF(DXSDK_FOUND)
-    OPTION(PA_USE_DS "Enable support for DirectSound" ON)
-  ELSE()
-    OPTION(PA_USE_DS "Enable support for DirectSound" OFF)
-  ENDIF()
+  OPTION(PA_USE_DS "Enable support for DirectSound" ON)
   IF(PA_USE_DS)
     IF(MINGW)
       MESSAGE(STATUS "DirectSound support will be built with DSound provided by MinGW.")
@@ -187,16 +181,13 @@ IF(WIN32)
     IF(PA_USE_DIRECTSOUNDFULLDUPLEXCREATE)
       SET(PA_PRIVATE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${PA_PRIVATE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS} PAWIN_USE_DIRECTSOUNDFULLDUPLEXCREATE)
     ENDIF()
-    SET(PA_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_PATHS ${PA_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_PATHS} ${DXSDK_INCLUDE_DIR})
     SET(PA_DS_INCLUDES src/hostapi/dsound/pa_win_ds_dynlink.h)
     SET(PA_DS_SOURCES src/hostapi/dsound/pa_win_ds.c src/hostapi/dsound/pa_win_ds_dynlink.c)
     SOURCE_GROUP("hostapi\\dsound" FILES ${PA_DS_INCLUDES} ${PA_DS_SOURCES})
     SET(PA_PUBLIC_INCLUDES ${PA_PUBLIC_INCLUDES} include/pa_win_ds.h)
     SET(PA_PRIVATE_INCLUDES ${PA_PRIVATE_INCLUDES} ${PA_DS_INCLUDES})
     SET(PA_SOURCES ${PA_SOURCES} ${PA_DS_SOURCES})
-
-    # If we use DirectSound, we need this for the library to be found (if not in VS project settings)
-    SET(PA_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES ${PA_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES} ${DXSDK_DSOUND_LIBRARY})
+    SET(PA_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES ${PA_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES} dsound)
   ENDIF(PA_USE_DS)
 
   OPTION(PA_USE_WMME "Enable support for MME" ON)
diff --git a/cmake_support/FindDXSDK.cmake b/cmake_support/FindDXSDK.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index e487537..0000000
--- a/cmake_support/FindDXSDK.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-# $Id: $
-#
-# - For MSVC builds try to find the MS DirectX SDK, for MinGW just the
-# MinGW dsound library
-#
-# Once done this will define
-#
-#  DXSDK_FOUND - system has DirectX SDK
-#  DXSDK_ROOT_DIR - path to the DirectX SDK base directory
-#  DXSDK_INCLUDE_DIR - the DirectX SDK include directory
-#  DXSDK_LIBRARY_DIR - DirectX SDK libraries path
-#
-#  DXSDK_DSOUND_LIBRARY - Path to dsound.lib
-#
-# MinGW builds have to use dsound provided by MinGW, so we need to avoid finding
-# the actual MS-DX-SDK in case it is installed on a build system. With MinGW,
-# "DXSDK" boils down to just another library and headers in default locations.
-# There might be old MinGW distributions without dsound though, so it is good to
-# verify its availability.
-
-
-if(WIN32)
-else(WIN32)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "FindDXSDK.cmake: Unsupported platform ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" )
-endif(WIN32)
-
-if(MSVC)
-
-  find_path(DXSDK_ROOT_DIR
-    include/dxsdkver.h
-    HINTS
-      $ENV{DXSDK_DIR}
-  )
-
-  find_path(DXSDK_INCLUDE_DIR
-    dxsdkver.h
-    PATHS
-      ${DXSDK_ROOT_DIR}/include
-  )
-
-  IF(CMAKE_CL_64)
-    find_path(DXSDK_LIBRARY_DIR
-    dsound.lib
-    PATHS
-      ${DXSDK_ROOT_DIR}/lib/x64
-  )
-  ELSE(CMAKE_CL_64)
-    find_path(DXSDK_LIBRARY_DIR
-    dsound.lib
-    PATHS
-      ${DXSDK_ROOT_DIR}/lib/x86
-  )
-  ENDIF(CMAKE_CL_64)
-
-  find_library(DXSDK_DSOUND_LIBRARY
-    dsound.lib
-    PATHS
-      ${DXSDK_LIBRARY_DIR}
-  )
-
-  # handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set DXSDK_FOUND to TRUE if
-  # all listed variables are TRUE
-  INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-  FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(DXSDK DEFAULT_MSG DXSDK_ROOT_DIR DXSDK_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-ELSEIF(MINGW)
-
-  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(MINGW_BIN_DIR ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} DIRECTORY)
-  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(MINGW_SYSROOT ${MINGW_BIN_DIR} DIRECTORY)
-  # The glob expression below should only return a single folder:
-  FILE(GLOB MINGW_TOOLCHAIN_FOLDER ${MINGW_SYSROOT}/*mingw32)
-  
-  find_library(DXSDK_DSOUND_LIBRARY
-    libdsound.a dsound
-    HINTS
-      "${MINGW_TOOLCHAIN_FOLDER}/lib"
-      "${MINGW_SYSROOT}/lib"
-  )
-
-  INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-  FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(DXSDK DEFAULT_MSG DXSDK_DSOUND_LIBRARY)
-
-ENDIF(MSVC)
-
-MARK_AS_ADVANCED(
-    DXSDK_ROOT_DIR DXSDK_INCLUDE_DIR
-    DXSDK_LIBRARY_DIR DXSDK_DSOUND_LIBRARY
-)